A 14-year-old boy found grossly intoxicated and unconscious at Lake Lahontan over the holiday weekend died Tuesday in a Reno hospital, police said. According to Capt. Albert Torres, medics were cal...

Western Nevada College's baseball team has been named one of the top academic teams in the country, earning All-Academic Team honors by the National Junior College Athletic Association.The Wildcats...

State mining regulators have fined a Dayton company $13,500 for a chemical spill the head of that firm says was caused by a disgruntled ex-employee.Eden Research plans to make a soil enhancement pr...

Two bills passed by this year's Legislature will give increased protection when they go into effect Oct. 1 to cyclists and pedestrians.The first - known as the "three feet, please" law - will re...

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Tuesday announced a $1.27 million federal grant for the Carson Airport.Airport manager Tim Rowe said the money will not only upgrade safety at the airport but clear the way...

Remember the drug prevention ad on TV years ago? "This is your brain" - a fresh egg in a frying pan. "This is your brain on drugs" - egg overcooked and sizzling in the pan. "Any questiCopyright 201...

Yesterday I had a barbecue for my long-time neighbors who are moving from the neighborhood they have called home for many years. The Malleys, Bill and Joan, lived on Minnesota Street when we bou...

By Don Quilici
After a record-breaking year of many major-sized snowstorms this last winter, the Davis Lake area, just north of Portola, California has some spectacular displays of colorful wildflowers blooming at the present time.

A buck mule deer with his antlers still in heavy velvet was spotted taking a rest on Thursday, June 30.
He was near the Quilici cabin which is located on a hillside between Portola and Davis Lake, Calif. In the second photo, two visitors to the Quilici cabin on Saturday, July 2.
Photos by Elaine Quilici

By the California Department of Fish and Game
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) reminds people enjoying the Lake Tahoe Basin to take precautions to avoid black bear encounters. This area is prime black bear habitat, and many of these wild animals are not afraid of humans.
Recently, a bear had to be killed after a man in his tent was injured as the bear tried to break in.
Bears are constantly searching for food, which humans inadvertently make obtainable to them.

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court today upheld a lower court decision saying that Democrat and Republican party officials should pick their candidates to run in a special election to fill a vacancy in Congressional District 2.

CARSON CITY – Nevada has a new weapon in the fight against problem gambling.
A five-year strategic plan to provide treatment to the state’s problem gamblers took effect July 1.

Frankie Lee Lemos, 40, of Mill Creek, Washington, was arrested Monday morning by a Carson City deputy in Douglas County after he allegedly bit off part of his brother's finger during an argument in a bar.

According to the arrest report, deputies were called to a bar on East Long Street where they met the suspect's brother, minus one part of his left pinky finger. The victim told deputies that his brother had left the bar in a cab after the incident.

You would normally think it's minors who get busted for fake IDs when it comes to buying alcohol, but in this case, a gas station clerk was arrested after he sold alcohol to a 16-year-old decoy, and was found to have a false identification.

Gurpreet Singh Gill, 28, was arrested Monday evening in the 1100 block of North Carson Street for felony possession of false ID and misdemeanor unlawful sale of alcohol to a minor.

Mike Tittinger says he just felt like there was something missing from his life - something not quite settled.That something, he discovered, stemmed from the death of his wife Deanna a decade ag...

It is harder to receive than to give. But giving to young folks can be a wonderful thing to do.Part of the act of giving is to show love and pride in that young person and part is to help them esta...

What's wrong with the number three?Babe Ruth wore it. Dale Earnhardt stuck it on the side of his race car. The planet Earth, afterall, is the third rock from the sun. You can't get a hat trick with...

Mike Tittinger says he just felt like there was something missing from his life - something not quite settled.That something, he discovered, stemmed from the death of his wife Deanna a decade ag...

Firefighters attacked a brush fire in a field west of Gold Dust West casino, on Highway 50 East, quickly knocking it down despite strong winds at the time.The fire, which started about 5:45, is und...

RENO (AP) - Wild-horse advocates have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the federal government's plans to remove about 1,700 mustangs from the range in eastern Nevada, claiming officials failed to...

"Larry Crowne," a romantic comedy now playing at the Fandango Galaxy in Carson City, is the second romantic comedy to hit the scene after the delightful "Bad Teacher," was a hit because of Cameron Diaz' loopy, wide grin.

Sadly, "Crowne"with Tom Hanks directing, writing and co-staring with Julia Roberts, can't come up with the wit and charm of "Teacher." Where "Teacher" is profane and clever, "Crowne" plots along predicable lines from the opening when Hanks as Crowne is laid off from a big box store (read Wal-Mart) because he does't have a college degree. Sure.

Is recently retired Robert Gates the greatest Defense Secretary ever? That's the question a nationally syndicated columnist asked last week, and my answer is "probably." Gates, who retired on Thurs...

Soroptimist International of the Comstock is offering the 2nd annual V&T Full Moon Train Ride fundraiser at 7 p.m. Aug. 12.Boarding will be at the F Street Train Station, three blocks down from C S...

RENO - No more deaths are expected from a crash between a big-rig truck and an Amtrak passenger train in Nevada, authorities said Saturday as federal investigators neared the completion of their on...